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108G001). STATION INDICATOR.

Patented Ann. 29, 1884.

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V UNITED STATES- PATENT OFFICE. I

IRVING oseoon, or ELLSWORTH, MAINE.

I STATION-INDICATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 297,625, dated April 29, 1884-.

Application filed November 8, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, IRVING Oscoon, of Ellsworth, in the county of Hancock and State of Maine, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Station-Indicators for Railways, 850.; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descrip-.

tion of the invention, that will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forminga part of this specification, in whic 1 Figure 1 shows a front elevation; Fig. 2,- same, with face removed; Fig. 3, side elevation, side partially removed.

Same letters show like parts.

My invention consists of an indicator .for railway-cars, steamboats, 850., designed to exhibit distinctly the name of the station at which the conveyance will next arrive. It will be readily understood by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which a shows a suitable casing, provided with th glazed aperture 1), surmounted at c by the words Next Station, or some words of like Extending from end to end of this casing are three rollers, d cf. I The lower front roller, d, is provided with a spring, 9, causing a tendency to revolve. The upper roller, 6, is loose upon its axis, serving to keep the material upon which the names of the stations are placed smooth and even, while the third roller, f, has an axis projecting outside the box, provided with a ratchet and pawl, h, enabling it to resist the action of the spring 9 of the roller a, and also with a crank, t, by which it may be turned when desired.

To the roller d is attached one end, and to the roller f the other end, of a strip or web, 3',

of some flexible material, upon which are paintbe, all ready for a return trip, the list of ed or otherwise fixed, at proper intervals and in letters'of suitable size, the names of the different stations upon the route in their order,

which, by means of the crank, may be made maining in sight until the place is reached,

when it, in turn, is superseded, thus reducing the possibilityof a mistake on the part of the passenger to a minimum. At the end of the route the web will be found wound on one of the rollers d or f, as the case may stations being exhibited in a reverse order. If the web be wound on roller f, to unwindit the pawl must be raised from the ratchet and the spring 9 allowed to draw the web down until the proper point is reached.

What I claim as my invention is The within-described station-indicator, consisting of a casing, a spring-roll, d, secured near the front of said casing, loose roll 6, situated in substantially the same vertical plane as said roll d, and serving to guide the web j and keep it extended in a vertical plane, roll f, revolved by means of crank t, and held in any desired position by the ratchet and pawl h, and flexible web j, attached to said rollers d and f, and having the names of the stations affixed thereto, all combined and operating substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 5th day of November, 1888.

IRVING OSGOOD.

Vitnesses:

EARNES'I F. OSGOOD, WM. FRANKLIN SEAVEY. 

